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Top Side Ricksha
by [Aviation; China] Bixby, Harold M(cMillan) (1890-1965)
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- Used
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- 1938
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€895.38
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[Place of publication not identified}: Privately Printed, 1938. A private printing of a typescript by Bixby, who was involved with aviation at an early stage and clearly spent extensive time in China in the aviation industry during the 1930s. The book exists in three copies on OCLC. This copy is inscribed on the ffep "Topside. This is the first… Read more about this item Item Price
€895.38
Asia. From the best Authorities
by Kitchin, Thomas
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- Used - Very good condition
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- 1770
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€117.81
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London, 1770. Very good condition. The Asian continent showing Russian Empire, China, Persia. Pre-Cook but includes Torres Strait and Northeast of Australia. 9 7/8 x 7 3/4", copper engraving. Item Price
€117.81
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An Archive of mostly United States Consular Papers during the Japanese invasion of China
by [China; US Embassy; Japanese Invasion]
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- Used - Good + overall
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- 1938
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- Ephemera
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€612.62
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1938. Ephemera. Good + overall. An assortment of official and unofficial American Embassy communiqués, memoranda and paperwork, mostly from 1937, dealing with Japanese invasion and occupation of China.
The collection is composed of 14 items, including 3 roneoed single page, folio, maps- The River Yangste, from Shanghai, the Blue Sea to Suifu (the limit of steam navigation)
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€612.62
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Eastward Ho!: a private diary of a public excursion, 1930-1
by Morcomb, Reginald Keble
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- Used - Very good overall
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- Likely self published
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- 1931
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€424.12
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Bromsgrove, England: The Messenger Printers, 1931. Likely self published. Hardcover. Very good overall. The personal account of Col. Morcom, recounting the personal side of travels with the British Economic Mission to the Far East, 1930-31. A scarce book, a presentation from the author and his wife Isabel to "Hilda". The Foreward - "The report of the Economic Mission… Read more about this item Item Price
€424.12
Primitive Lumber Sawing in Peiping, China
by [China; Photography]
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- Used - Fine
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- 1937
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€23.56
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Meadville, PA: Keystone View Company, 1937. Fine. Stereoview card, Image # 23980, of two men sawing lumber by hand. Full description on verso. Also identified by number T539 on front center.
Stereoview card with two real photographs mounted on gray stock, curved mounts, with captions and text on verso, the images are dark and sharp. The Keystone… Read more about this item Item Price
€23.56
Messrs. Ranck, Kelhoeffer and Butzbach. Our three Missionaries in China
by [China; Missionaries] The Art Nouveau (Platino) Stereograph
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- Used - Very good condition
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- 1905
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€70.69
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Philadelphia: C.H. Graves, 1905. Very good condition. A stereoview of 3 graduates from North Western College, in Orange City, Iowa. 2 men sitting, 1 standing outside in front of a stairway and building. Written on the verso is North Western College, Orange City, Iowa in pencil.
North Western College exists today as a Christian college. 7 x… Read more about this item Item Price
€70.69
A twelve-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Birds
by [Chinese Pith Paintings]
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- 1870
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- Silk covered boards
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€2,827.50
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Canton: SunQua Studio, 1870. Silk covered boards. 12 intricate bird paintings on pith with foreground, flowers and trees detailed around them. Images include partridges, Mandarin ducks, water fowl, pheasants, etc. Leaves mounted with dark pale turquoise silk ribbon to paper leaves. Oblong 8vo, 8 1/2 x 11 3/4" with original ties. Western binding opening from the right. Bound in… Read more about this item Item Price
€2,827.50
Collection of real photo views of Shanghai with captions in Chinese and English
by [China; Shanghai]
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- Used - Very good condition
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- 1920
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€259.19
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1920. Very good condition. 17 b&w real photographs highlighting Shanghai views. Most are captioned in Chinese & English, some Chinese only. English captions read; Sampan Boat S'hai, Canton Junk, Lung Wha Pagoda, The Wing On Co. S'hai, Bird's Eye View of the Nanking Road S'hai, The Bund, Soochow Creek, Willow Tea House, Nanking Road, Sedan Chair Shanghai, Chinese… Read more about this item Item Price
€259.19
Illustrated London News for 1866 January to July
by Hong Kong; Brisbane Australia
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- Used - Otherwise very good condition
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- First printing
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- 1866
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€353.44
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London: Illustrated London News, 1866. First printing. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. A half-yearly bound volume of the Illustrated London News, with woodblock illustrations on every page including panoramas of Hong Kong and Brisbane, Queensland. Folio bound volume, 652 pages with wood engraved illustrations. Bound in half calf and marble boards, rubbed on the edges. Item Price
€353.44
A 24-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of elegantly dressed Chinese Nobility
by [Chinese Pith Paintings]. Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870)
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- Used - Very good overall
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- 1870
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- Silk covered boards
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€7,068.75
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Canton: Youqua Studio, 1870. Silk covered boards. Very good overall. 24 large and intricate paintings of Chinese nobility dressed in their finery. This album bears the red stamp with border for "Youqua Painter, Old Street, No. 34" affixed to the inside cover.
Leaves mounted with pale turquoise silk ribbon to paper leaves. The album size 33.2… Read more about this item Item Price
€7,068.75
Atlas of the Chinese Empire; containing separate maps of the Eighteen provinces of China Proper ..... together with an index to all the names on the maps and a list of all Protestant Mission Stations, &c
by Stanford, Edward
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- Used - Maps in very good condition
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- First edition
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- 1908
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€518.38
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London: The China Inland Mission, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Maps in very good condition. Offered as a collection of Chinese provincial maps, interesting for the locations of the Protestant mission stations, an ex-library copy that would require rebacking. Small folio, xii, index map plus 22 province maps in color, some double-page and one with a fold down flap,… Read more about this item Item Price
€518.38
A twelve-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Chinese Nobility
by [Chinese Pith Paintings] SunQua
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- Used - Otherwise very good condition
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- 1870
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- Silk covered boards
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€3,298.75
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Canton: SunQua, 1870. Silk covered boards. Otherwise very good condition. This album bears the red stamp of Sunqua, with border & stars. The nobility include the Emperor and Empress, who are followed by the nobility, men and their women. The painting is particularly fine, with intricate robes and portraits. The National Library of Australia in their collection holds… Read more about this item Item Price
€3,298.75
The French Industrial Exhibition of Beijing 1965, Album of Photos, menus etc.
by [China; France]
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- Used - Very good condition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€377.00
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Beijing, 1965. Hardcover. Very good condition. A keepsake album of the French Industrial Exhibition which opened in Beijing on Friday 19, November 1965, which was a gathering of French-Chinese industrial and trade partners. Inside are invitations written in French and Chinese, typewritten seating chart, photographs of Chinese architecture and sculpture, postcards - some with pencil notations "Isphahan-Khazoo Bridge",… Read more about this item Item Price
€377.00
Collection of 16 Chinese Firework package decorations for the firm Fat Shan Lai Wo Cheong
by [China; Fireworks; Fat Shan Lai Wo Cheong]
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- Used - Very good condition
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- 1910
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- Ephemera
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€424.12
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Guangdong, China, 1910. Ephemera. Very good condition. Attractive Chinese firework labels with the manufacturers name, 'Fat Shan Lai Wo Cheong' printed with a red rubber stamp on the verso of most. According to the description of a group of labels held by the MOA at the University of British Columbia, they were made in Guangzhou, Guandong and Canton,… Read more about this item Item Price
€424.12
A twelve-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Processionals
by [Chinese Pith Paintings]. Kheshing Studio
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- Used - Otherwise very good condition
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- 1860
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- Silk covered boards
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€2,262.00
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Canton: Kheshing Studio, 1860. Silk covered boards. Otherwise very good condition. With the Kheshing stamp in the front stating that they we26592re dealers in silks and other sundry articles. We can locate only one other listing for a pith painting album from Kheshing at the Sydney Living Museum. The processionals include children, men playing instruments, carrying temples that… Read more about this item Item Price
€2,262.00
Map of North Eastern China, prepared in the War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Military Information Division
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- Used
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- Second edition
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- 1900
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€164.94
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Washington DC: Norris Peters Co., 1900. Second edition. Paper map covering Mt. Suma Hada in the West to Sheng King, and South to Hang Chou Bay, with inset Index Map showing proximity to Japan.
Printed in brown and green, later printed in b&w by National Geographic Society. 30 x 59", original folds, splits at fold lines, otherwise… Read more about this item Item Price
€164.94
Reiserrouten des Indischen Punditen in Gross Tibet und dem Mongolei 1879-1882
by Atkinson, G.W.E.
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- Used - Very good condition
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- 1885
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€89.54
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Justus Perthes, 1885. Very good condition. A map of Mongolia and the upper portion of Tibet,with an inset of Plan von Lhasa. Atkinson was a British expert on Tibet.
18.25 x 22", stamped "Militar Weissenschaftlicher Verzein in Graz" at top. Item Price
€89.54
A 36-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Birds, Shells and Chinese life
by [Chinese Pith Paintings] In the school of Sunqua
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- Used
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- 1830
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- Silk covered boards
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€4,241.25
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Canton: SunQua Studio, 1830. Silk covered boards. The 12 bird images are full page, finely done with grass, rocks and flowers with shrubs or trees. Unusually, the half page images are mounted on the verso of the sheets of bird images. The half page images include collections of shells (4); women playing musical instruments (8); men sitting, a scribe,… Read more about this item Item Price
€4,241.25
Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan. An Account of the Activities and Adventures of the Second and Third German Turfan Expeditions
by von Le Coq, Albert; Anna Barwell (transl.)
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- Used - Otherwise very good condition
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- First UK edition
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- 1928
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€259.19
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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1928. First UK edition. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. A translation of the German book describing their discoveries in the Turfan oasis.
With the book plate of Arcadi Gluckman [1896 - 1983] who was a Colonel in the US Army. He spoke fluent Chinese and was among Stillwell's primary officers in the… Read more about this item Item Price
€259.19
ALS letter home from American assistant minister/diplomat regarding the Sino-Japanese Shantung Negotiations
by [China; Japan]
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- Used - Very good condition
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- 1921
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Garrison, New York, USA
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€164.94
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China, 1921. Very good condition. From "Bub" to brother Philip. Bub is apparently an American assistant or undersecretary to a United States Minister/diplomat based in Peking.
He mentions the unusually hot summer, and the efforts to make headway on the Negotiations ("the political situation here goes from bad to worse"), however, there are very few ministers… Read more about this item Item Price
€164.94
